Function for setting backup job options

[pizzim13]

This function to quickly set a lot of the parameters needed for a new backup job. This function will pick a random time to run the job and a random day of the week for the synthetic full. Thanks to Andy and Seth for some of the examples

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function Set-VeeamBackupOptions
	{
	param	(
			[Parameter(
			Position=0, 
        		Mandatory=$true, 
        		ValueFromPipeline=$true,
        		ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$false)
			]
			[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]$Job
			)
	#Set Job Options
	$JobOptions = $Job | Get-VBRJobOptions
		$JobOptions.BackupStorageOptions.RetainCycles = 99
		$JobOptions.JobOptions.SourceProxyAutoDetect = $true
		$JobOptions.JobOptions.RunManually = $false
		$JobOptions.BackupStorageOptions.RetainDays = 99
		$JobOptions.BackupStorageOptions.EnableDeduplication = $true
		$JobOptions.BackupStorageOptions.StgBlockSize = "KbBlockSize512"
		$JobOptions.BackupTargetOptions.Algorithm = "Increment"
		$JobOptions.BackupTargetOptions.TransformToSyntethicDays = ((Get-Date).adddays((Get-Random -Minimum 0 -Maximum 6))).dayofweek
		$JobOptions.BackupTargetOptions.TransformIncrementsToSyntethic = $true
	$Job | Set-VBRJobOptions -Options $JobOptions

	#Set schedule options
		#Create random backup time between 6PM and 4AM
		$Hours = (18,19,20,21,22,23,'00','01','02','03','04') | Get-Random | Out-String
		$Minutes = "{0:D2}" -f (Get-Random -Minimum 0 -Maximum 59) | Out-String
		$Time = ($Hours+':'+$Minutes+':00').replace("`n","")
		
	$JobScheduleOptions = $Job | Get-VBRJobScheduleOptions
		$JobScheduleOptions.OptionsDaily.Enabled = $true
		$JobScheduleOptions.OptionsDaily.Kind = "Everyday"
		$JobScheduleOptions.OptionsDaily.Time = $Time
		$JobScheduleOptions.NextRun = $Time
		$JobScheduleOptions.StartDateTime = $Time
	$Job | Set-VBRJobScheduleOptions -Options $JobScheduleOptions
	$Job.EnableScheduler()

	#Set VSS Options
	$JobVSSOptions = $Job | Get-VBRJobVSSOptions
		$VSSUSername = 'DOMAIN\USERNAME'
		$VSSPassword = 'PASSWORD'
		$VSSCredentials = New-Object -TypeName Veeam.Backup.Common.CCredentials -ArgumentList $VSSUSername,$VSSPassword,0,0
		$JobVSSOptions.Credentials = $VSSCredentials
		$JobVSSOptions.Enabled = $true
		#Change default behavior per job object
		foreach ($JobObject in ($Job | Get-VBRJobObject))
			{
			$ObjectVSSOptions = Get-VBRJobObjectVssOptions -ObjectInJob $JobObject
			$ObjectVSSOptions.IgnoreErrors = $true
			Set-VBRJobObjectVssOptions -Object $JobObject -Options $ObjectVSSOptions
			}
	$Job | Set-VBRJobVssOptions -Options $JobVSSOptions
	}

The following will create a job named Job1, pick a random repo, add vms from the $VMNames array, then set the options for that job.

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$VMNames = @("VM1","VM2","VM3","VM4","VM5")
Add-VBRViBackupJob -Name "Job1" -BackupRepository (Get-VBRBackupRepository | get-random) -Entity (Find-VBRViEntity -Name $VMNames) | Set-VeeamBackupOptions

[pizzim13]

Be aware, with the last few patches setting the password has been problematic.

[Phill Rogers]

Thanks for the code. It worked but I couldn't see where mine was different. So I gradually cut yours down to the absolute minimum to still work then compared line by line. I was missing this ..
$vbrjoboptions.JobOptions.RunManually = $false
.. but had it in an earlier version. Must have lost it somewhere in the editing and not noticed!

Phew!
Thanks.